Bad actors are using a “new backdoor malware” that takes advantage of a key OpenAI API.

On Monday, Microsoft Detection and Response Team (DART) researchers warned that an OpenAI API was being abused as a backdoor for malware. The researchers concluded that bad actors were using the novel backdoor to conduct long-term espionage operations.

Specifically, Microsoft’s cybersecurity researchers discovered that cybercriminals were taking advantage of the OpenAI …